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The 8 Marriages and 7 Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor

King and Queen of Wands

One of the side effects of living as Elizabeth Taylor for a week (other than really sore eyes from too much mascara and eye-liner) was an unhealthy interest in her many husbands.  And bourbon.

Why not, suggested a friend, write about her husbands and relate them to various Tarot court cards? Why not, indeed.  

Elizabeth Taylor’s love life is the stuff of legend – death, divorce, adultery – all seen through the lens of a newly born media merry-go-round.

Mine is exactly the same – apart from the death, adultery and celebrity, of course.

There’s a lot to get through – shall we just dive in?

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As Easy as 1-2-3?

I was recently contacted by a lovely person on Facebook, Arthur, who asked about Court cards and links to other cards that shared the same numbers…. Traditionally, of course, Court cards are not numbered, but if they WERE numbered they could follow straight on from the Ten, resulting in: 11 Read more…

By Alison Cross, ago